Rosary



Aug. 26, 1930. J. F, HENNEGAN ROSARY Filed May 7, 1929 INVENTOR BYJgssPH HEHNBGQH ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 26, 1930 UNITED STATES JOSEPH F.HENNEGAN,

OF CINCINNATI, OHIO ROSARY Application filed May 7, 1929. Serial No.361,097.

The invention relates to a rosary utilized for marking off prayers.

The objects of the invention are to provide a simple, efficient, andpractical rosary, which may be conveniently carried in the pocket of theowner; and to provide a rosary, in combination with a heartshaped platehaving a crucifix thereon.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of the variousparts and elements, and in the details of the construction, as set forthand claimed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on a line corresponding to 3-3 in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a section taken on a line corresponding to 44 in Fig. 1.

In the preferred construction of the invention, I provide theheart-shaped plate 1 hav ing integrally formed with its sides 2 and 3,the outer row 4 of spaced apart semi-spheres,

5 projections or beads 5 and 6 arranged in heart-shaped formation inclose proximity to the edge 7 of the plate.

Inwardly of the semi-spheres 5 and 6 and spaced apart therefrom is therow 6 of the semi-spheres 8 and 9 also, arranged in heart shapedformation. Integral with the sides 2 and 3 of the plate 1 are theCrucifixes 10, spectively, disposed centrally of the sides of the plate1, and inside the semi-spheres 8 s5 and 9.

Each crucifix 10 comprises the usual cross 11, integral with the plate1, having aflixed thereto the form 12 of Jesus.

Integrally formed with the ends 13, 14, 15,

and 16 of the cross 11, are the large head 17,

and the small beads 18, 19, and 20, which ordinarily comprise a part ofthe usual r0- sary.

An advantage of the invention is that the user may conveniently carrythe invention while marking off his prayers by means of the heads 5, 6,8, 9, 17, 18, 19, and 20, thus eliminating the usual inconvenienceassociated with a rosary consisting of beads strung on a string which isapt to break.

Another advantage of the invention is that the form of the plate beingheart-shape, and the rows 4 and 6 of the beads, being arranged in heartformation, closely associates the invention with religious societies andideals.

It is therefore, quite apparent that I have invented a highly desirabledevice for the religious purposes intended. I have chosen to illustratethe form and construction of the invention by the herein drawings andexplanations of the same. Yet, I desire to emphasize that it is myintention that the invention resides in the combination, arrangement ofthe parts and in the details of the construction as claimed. In otherwords, itis understood that changes and modifications in the embodimentof the invention such as its size, the materials used, and the like, asdisclosed herein, can be made within the scope of what is claimedwithout departing from the spirit of the invention, as other expedientsmay readily suggest themselves to persons familiar in the art to whichthe invention appertains.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An article of manufacture comprising a heart-shaped plate, a crucifixintegral therewith, an inner and an outer row of projections on saidplate representing a rosary, the outer row of said projections being inheartshaped formation and spaced from the edge of said plate, the innerrow of said projections being in heart-shaped formation and spaced fromsaid outer row of projections and surrounding said crucifix.

2. An article of manufacture, comprising a plate, a rosary integrallyformed with said plate and arranged in heart-shaped formation, and acrucifix integral with said plate and centrally disposed in the side ofsaid plate.

3. An article of manufacture, comprising a plate, a rosary integrallyformed with said plate, said rosary comprising a pair of spaced apartrows of projections, and a crucifix integral with said plate andcentrally disposed in the side of said plate.

4. An article of manufacture, comprising heart-shaped means, a rosaryintegrally formed with said means and arranged in heart-shapedformation, and a crucifix integral with said means and being surroundedby said rosary.

5. In a device of the class described, a heart-shaped plate, a pluralityof spaced apart semi-spheres arranged in heart-shaped formation in theside of said plate and in close proximity to the edge of said plate andintegral therewith, a plurality of spaced apart semi-spheres arranged inheart-shape formation in the side of said plate and in spaced apartrelation to said first mentioned semi-spheres and positioned inwardlytherefrom, and a crucifix integral with said plate and centrallydisposed in the side of said plate.

6. In a device of the class described, a heart-shaped plate, a pluralityof spaced apart projections arranged in heart-shape formation in theside of said plate in close proximity to the edge of said plate andintegral therewith, a plurality of spaced apart projections arranged inheart-shape formation in the side of said plate and in spaced apartrelation to said first mentioned projections and positioned inwardlytherefrom, and a crucifix integral with said plate and centrallydisposed in said second mentioned heart-shape formation of saidprojections.

In a device of the class described, a plate, a plurality of projectionsin the side of said plate in close proximity to the edge thereof andspaced therefrom, a plurality of spaced apart projections integral withthe side of said plate and in spaced apart relation to said firstmentioned projections and positioned inwardly therefrom, and a crucifixintegral with the side of said plate.

8. In a device of the class described, a heart-shaped plate, a pluralityof equi-distant spaced apart semi-spheres arranged in heartshapeformation in the side of said plate and in close proximity to the edgeof said plate, a plurality of eqni-distant spaced apart semispheresarranged in heart-shape formation in the side of said plate and inspaced apart relation to said first mentioned semi-spheres andpositioned inwardly therefrom, and a crucifix integral with said plateand centrally disposed in said second mentioned heartshape formation ofsaid semi-spheres.

JOSEPH F. HENNEGAN.

